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A. VON COTZHAUSEN. ADVERTISING OR DISPLAY DEVICE.

No 529,602. Patented Nov. 20, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE,

ALFRED VON COTZHAUSEN, OF MILWAUKEEQWISCONSIN.

ADVERTISING 0R DISPLAY DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 529,602, dated November20, 1894.

I Application filed August 3, 1894. Serial No. 519|36L (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED VON COT-ZHAU- SEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inAdvertising or Display Devices; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to advertising or display devices. v

The object of the invention is, in a ready, convenient and efficientmanner, to provide for the display of goods, and, when the same havebecome exhausted, to restore the displaying device to the originalcondition'in which it was before the goods were by or in it presented.

With these objects in view, the invention consists in a stander-that is,a standard of any suitable material or shape to attract attention, thestander being provided with one or more apertures for the display ofgoods, having doors or valves held open by the object being displayedand capable ofclosing or being closed when the goods are removed;furthermore, in a stander provided with one or more apertures for thedisplay of goods,

each aperture having a door or valve acting to close it when the goodsare not being displayed, the said dooror valve being hinged at the upperpart of the aperture and pro vided, at its lower edge, with cords,straps, ribbons, or the like, fixed, at one end, to the lower edge ofthe door or valve, and, at the other, to an opposite fixed portion ofthe stander to limit theextent of opening of the valve, act as a basewhen the valve is open, and permit the valve to close when removed; andfinally, in a stander provided with one or more apertures for thedisplayof goods, each aperture having a door or valve acting to close or beclosed when the goods are not being displayed, the said door or valvebeing hinged at the upper part of the aperture and provided, at itslower edge, with cords, straps, ribbons, or the like, fixed at one endto the lower edge of the door, and, at the other, to an opposite fixedportion of the stander, and there being one or more cords, ribbons, or

other suitable appliance crossing the front of the aperture to act, inconnection with the door and the straps or ribbons at its lower edge, toretain the goods being displayed in position, and as a guard.

. In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, andin which like letters of' reference indicate corresponding parts, Figurel-is a view in'front elevation, showing the stander with threeapertures,

for display; the aperture at the left appear-.

ing with the -valve open, but with the package removed; and the.aperture at the right appearing with the valve closed;and Fig. 2-is aview in side elevation, taken from the right of Fig. 1, exhibiting thestander held in position by its support notched, within,'to perunitopening of the valve of the upper aperture, and showing the upperaperture with its package, and the right-hand closed aperture.

In the drawings, A indicates the stander, which is provided with one ormore apertures, a, each having a door or valve, a hinged at its uppermargin, in the nature of a clapvalve. The extent of opening of the dooror valve is limited by cords, straps, ribbons, or

other flexible means, a and one or more cords, or other retaining means,a, will pass ture, will act as guards to prevent surreptitious removalof the package. Upon removal of the package, the valve will close bygravity or may easily be closed, as the flexible bottom presents noresistance, and the device may present an unbroken appearance where thegoods were displayed, the valve bearing, if desired, someattractive,representation or advertisement.

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To hold the stander in a suitably upright position, the same may becombined witha back or support of any proper kind. The support, B, hereshown, is triangular, and flexibly connected, vertically, with the back,so that it is capable of being laid with the back when the device is tobe laid down or packed, as with others, for storage or shipment. Thesupport, B,.is notched in its inner edge, to permit the opening of thevalve of the upper aperture.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A stander or standard provided with one or more apertures for thedisplay of goods, having doors or valves capable of being held open bythe object under display in the aperture, and of closing when the sameis removed, substantially as described.

2. A standard provided with one or more apertures for the display ofgoods, each aperture having a door or valve, the said door or valvebeing hinged at the upper part of the aperture and provided withconnections apertures for the display of goods, each aperture having adoor or valve hinged to the upper part of the aperture and provided, at

its lower edge, with flexible connections fixed,

at one end, to the. lower edge of the device, and, at the other, to anopposite part of the standard, and one or more cords or straps crossingthe front of the aperture to act as guards, or to retain the goods beingdisplayed in position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED VON (JOTZHIAUSEN.

Witnesses:

R. G. DYRENFORTH, E. H. PARRY.

